THEY PUSHED HER OFF A CLIFF… NOBODY WAS READY FOR WHAT CAME NEXT

in near silence—not the easy silence of before, but something heavy, crowded with what could no longer be spoken.

Amara walked ahead, looking at the view she had loved since childhood. Below, the village spread out in smoke and rooftops. Beyond it, the road that would take her somewhere new.

She did not hear what was decided behind her.

She did not feel continue reading …